The Collection of Medals Formed by Bill and Angela Strong

Victory Medal 1914-19 (4) (2 Lieut. E. A. Coleman; Q.M. & Lieut. W. Murells; 2 Lieut. F. D. Stofford; 2 Lieut. P. C. Styles) good very fine and better (4) £80-100

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Bill and Angela Strong Medal Collection.

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Ernest Allday Coleman was born in Balsall Heath on 14 October 1879. Served in the East Griqualand Volunteers, December 1899-April 1902. Served in the A.S.C. in France and Salonika before being discharged to a commission on 28 April 1918. With copied service notes.

Squadron Sergeant-Major William Murrells, A.S.C. entered the France/Flanders theatre of war on 22 August 1914. Received a commission on 23 January 1915. Entitled to the 1914 Star and clasp. Had previously served in the Boer War. With copied service notes and m.i.c.

2nd Lieutenant Frederick Duncan Stopford (’Stofford’ on medal), 15th Battalion Hampshire Regiment, was killed in action on 15 September 1916, aged 25 years. Having no known grave, his name is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial. He was the son of F. J. H. and Edith Stopford, of Monkstown, Co. Cork. With a number of copied service papers.

Peter Charles Styles was born in Sevenoaks, Kent on 23 November 1896. Served in the ranks at Home, in the 3rd City of London Yeomanry, August-December 1914 and in the Royal Horse Guards, December 1914-January 1917. Served in France with the Somerset Light Infantry, January-October 1917. Went A.W.O.L. in January 1917. Wounded in action at Arras, September 1917 - bullet wound to the head and face. Commissioned a 2nd Lieutenant in the 11th Battalion Tank Corps in May 1918. Served as a Captain in the R.A.S.C. during the Second World War.

With copied service notes.